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1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1990
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PRI_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Citizenship status (PR1990A_CITIZEN)

Data file: PRI1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 253
End: 253
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="PR90A421" v="PR90A421 PR90A424"><span class="em">6. Where was [respondent] born?</span><br /><br />Mark (X) the appropriate box and print the name of municipio, State, or foreign country.<br /><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Puerto Rico --&gt; print name of municipio ____<br />[] 2 United States --&gt; print name of U.S. State ____<br />[] 3 Elsewhere --&gt; print name of foreign country ____</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PR90A424">If the answer to question 6 appears in one of the first two "Yes" categories listed below, mark (X) the appropriate "Yes" category. Otherwise, ask<br /><br /><span class="em">7. Is [respondent] a citizen of the United States? That is does [respondent] have at least one American parent or is [respondent] a citizen by naturalization? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes, born in Puerto Rico -- Skip to 9<br />[] 2 Yes, born in the United States, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or Northern Marianas<br />[] 3 Yes, born abroad of American parent or parents<br />[] 4 Yes, U.S. citizen by naturalization<br />[] 5 No, not a citizen of the United States</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Born abroad of American parents
2 Naturalized citizen
3 Not a citizen
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the citizenship status of the indvidual, distinguishing between naturalized citizens and non-citizens.
Universe
Puerto Rico 1990: Foreign-born persons [discrepancies: none]

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